After eating, Shen Huai did not immediately return to the town government. Instead, he wandered around the town.
The reception station was a new building built in 1990. It could be said to be the most iconic building in Meixi Town other than the steel mill.
The building faced the street and was three stories high, rising to the fifth floor in the west. It had a semi-curved structure and smooth lines. The facade was covered with white mosaics with blue flowers, like a surging white wave.
The half of the building facing the street was used as the town reception station. In addition to the dining area, there was also the guest room department. However, Meixi Town was very close to Donghua City. Guests who had slightly stricter requirements for accommodation would stay in Donghua City. The management of the reception station's guest room department was not ideal. Only the food and beverage department relied on the government and the steel mill to eat and drink.
From the garden to the south of the reception station, there was a cultural station in the same building as the reception station.
Although it was called a cultural station, it had actually been contracted out long ago.
There was a circle of game machines in the hall on the ground floor. It was noon, and it was crowded with many young people from society and students from Meixi Middle School. In the corner, there was a group of people surrounding two slot machines that were gambling with game coins. No one noticed that Shen Huai had walked in.
She walked up the escalator around the corner. The second floor was the town's video screening hall. There was a blackboard hanging at the door with the video that was going to be played this afternoon written in red and white ink.
On the title of the movie, there was a large label of " Hong Kong's Beauty and Love ".
The third floor was a dance hall. It was dimly lit inside, and it was not business time yet. There was no one there. The fourth floor was the only preserved facility of the town cultural station in this building, the town library. The door of the library was ajar, and no one could be seen.
The office was on the fifth floor, and there was no one there in the middle of the day. The rooftop was just above the office.
On the rooftop, there was a couple hiding in a corner eating their tongues. They were wearing Meixi Middle School's school uniform. When they saw Shen Huai coming up to the rooftop, they separated and pretended to be calm as they turned their heads to look outside.
Other than the blast furnace of the steel plant and the water tower of the water plant, there was no other building in Meixi Town that was taller than this building.
Shen Huai stood on the rooftop with a wide field of vision. He could see the blast furnaces and overhead steel corridors of the steel mill to the south, the sparkling waves of the Meixi River to the west, and fields to the north and east. Xiamei Road, Xuetang Street, Meixi Old Street, Steel Mill Road, and some rural dirt roads divided Meixi Town into dozens of uneven pieces.
The scenery was magnificent, but when he retracted his gaze, all he saw was the poverty and dilapidated Meixi.
Not to mention the rural areas further away, the town was also filled with rows of green brick houses with thatched roofs. The winding alleys looked old and messy.
From the cultural station building and the newly paved school street, it could be seen that Meixi Town's financial situation was relatively good around 1990. Unfortunately, the sweet period was too short. The Meixi Middle School between the cultural station building and the town government compound was mainly a school building that had been left behind before the liberation and a stable built by the Japanese army during the invasion of China.
Other than the lush trees, Meixi Middle School looked old and the field was yellow.
Don't even think about plastic running tracks and turf. In the morning, Shen Huai saw an application form from the Education Office regarding the two tons of sand needed for Meixi Middle School's long jump sandpit. He could see how poor Meixi Middle School's education funds were.
To the north of the cultural station was the town nursing home. There were two rows of bungalows built in the sixties and seventies. Shen Huai looked down from above and could see that the roof of the south building had been torn off by the strong wind. It was temporarily covered with thatch and plastic film. In the large courtyard of the nursing home, there were seven or eight lonely old people dozing off. There were also more than ten free-range chickens chasing around the courtyard.
The town market on the west side of Xuetang Street was a colorful steel shed. It had snowed heavily last winter, and the colorful steel shed had collapsed due to the thick snow. Even now, traces of collapse could still be seen on the roof of the colorful steel shed.
Perhaps it was because he had never looked at Meixi Town from this angle before, he did not have such a deep and vivid feeling about the economic lag and dilapidated state of Meixi Town.
Compared to the small towns in Europe and America, Meixi Town was far behind Pingjiang Town on the south bank of Zhujiang River.
"What are you looking at?"
Shen Huai turned around and saw Chen Dan climbing up the iron escalator from the other end of the roof. She leaned against the railing and said,"I didn't expect the scenery of Meixi Town to be so beautiful…"
"Did you just come up to inspect your own territory? Then you're rushing up because you think it's good to stand up and enjoy the scenery. "If you come up two more times, you will see the backward areas of Meixi. The steel mill in the south and the Meixi River are very polluted..." Chen Dan said.
Was this his territory? Shen Huai asked himself in his heart.
He had previously decided to stay in Dong Hua because he wanted to take good care of Xiao Li and also wanted to make some achievements to change the Song family's opinion of him. However, when he really looked at this land that he had been dreaming of, he could not help but have an impulse.
Only by making this land better and richer was what he should do.
"Where do you and Xiao Li live?" Shen Huai looked at Chen Dan calmly.
" That bungalow is the dormitory in town," Chen Dan pointed to a narrow alley west of the cultural station and said," Secretary Shen, if you don't live in the old house, there are guest rooms at the reception station. You can also ask for a dormitory in town. Maybe we can live directly in front of the steel mill's dormitory…"
Chen Dan pointed at the two rows of gray buildings behind the steel mill in the south.
Meixi Steel Plant's annual steel production was less than one-tenth of the city's steel plant, but it had nearly 800 employees and was considered a big factory that was second to none in the near and far.
"Are you here for me?" Shen Huai asked again.
" Ah." Chen Dan finally remembered why she went up to the rooftop.
She had just walked up and saw Chen Huai looking into the distance in a daze. He was attracted by his handsome side profile and focused expression, so she diverted the matter.
Chen Dan blushed and said,"Zhao Dong is here. He just happened to borrow a phone from the reception station to contact you." I saw you turn around and enter the cultural station. I thought you would be on the rooftop, so I came over to call you…"
Shen Huai and Chen Dan came downstairs. Zhao Dong and Yang Haipeng were waiting outside the reception station. It was unknown where they got a Santana from, but it was parked by the roadside.
Shen Huai looked at Yang Haipeng and asked," Zhao Dong has resigned from the city steel mill. He has nothing to do now. Why don't you care about your building materials store?"”
"Hai, how big of a problem can there be in the shop? Secretary Shen, you're a new official today, so you have to come and join in the fun. Secretary Shen, don't tell me you don't welcome me here?”Yang Haipeng touched his hedgehog-like buzz cut and smiled with his eyes narrowed into a line. He enthusiastically called Shen Huai by his new official name.
Shen Huai smiled and patted Yang Haipeng's shoulder, saying,""Don't call us strangers. I don't have many friends in Donghua. I'm willing to make friends with you and Zhao Dong."
Yang Haipeng eagerly pestered Zhao Dong to rush to Meixi Town. He also had his own plans. He was also worried that if his thoughts were too clear, Shen Huai would not like him. At this moment, he felt his heart heat up.
" Let's go in and find a place to talk..." Shen Huai invited Zhao Dong and Yang Haipeng to the reception station.
The lunch party was disrupted by him. The reception station was deserted at this time. No one knew where He Yuelian went. Chen Dan led them to the private room on the second floor and made tea. She still stood at the door of the private room. She did not enter or leave, as if she was a waiter waiting for orders at any time.
Shen Huai picked up the teapot and distributed tea to Zhao Dong and Yang Haipeng. He said," Today's situation is a little complicated. I had a falling out with Tiger Du this morning. By right, he should have taken me directly to the steel mill in the afternoon to announce the appointment, but from the looks of it, he might be hiding and ignoring me."
"Has the appointment been approved?" Zhao Dong asked.
" Tiger Du is only considered a tiger in Meixi Town, but he doesn't have the guts to go against the will of the county. The appointment has been approved," Shen Huai said with a smile." Since the appointment has been approved, it's meaningless for them to delay the announcement. They probably got angry at me this afternoon and used this matter to calm down..."
"How angry can you help Tiger Du?”Yang Haipeng asked.
Just south of Meixi Bridge along the river, there was a building materials store next to the river transport dock. The west bank of the river belonged to Tangzha District, and the east bank belonged to Meixi Town. Yang Haipeng's building materials shop was on the west bank of the river, but he knew the situation in Meixi Town better.
After knowing why Shen Huai brought Old Xiong to the provincial capital yesterday, Yang Haipeng was not worried that Shen Huai, who had the support of the new Municipal Party Secretary, would not be able to take down Du Jian. However, he was also curious about how Shen Huai would fall out with Du Jian on the first day.
" You can ask Chen Dan about this…" Shen Huai said with a smile.
"Why are you next to me?" Chen Dan stood at the door and said coquettishly," I'm only in charge of serving tea and water. I don't know anything else."
Yang Haipeng chuckled. He was also certain that Shen Huai rented the old house that Sun Haiwen left for his sister for this delicate and bright Chen Dan. Because he had a good relationship with Sun Haiwen, although he had not met Chen Dan much, he knew some of her situation.
This world was a world of love between men and women. Shen Huai was young, powerful, and elegant. Even if there were a lot of flowers and plants around him, it was not a flaw in Yang Haipeng's eyes.
He looked at Chen Dan and Shen Huaimei coming in front of him and thought, could it be that they hooked up?
Zhao Dong's thoughts were not as complicated as Yang Haipeng's. He was still thinking about the matter of Shen Huai falling out with the town party secretary on the first day. He said," Xu Xiting, the deputy chief engineer of Meixi Steel Plant, is from the city steel plant. He knows me and Haipeng. I wanted to find an opportunity to have a meal together, but Xu Xiting is a cautious person. He wanted to see me after things were settled. If Du Jian didn't take you to the steel mill to announce the appointment, would he ask Xu Xiting out for dinner tonight?”
"That works too." Shen Huai nodded. Du Jian's series of methods in the morning was nothing more than trying to make him a figurehead. If he wanted to hold real power, he would have to pull in enough people who would listen to him.
Shen Huai was no stranger to Xu Xiting. When he entered the city's steel mill, Xu Xiting even guided him in technology. He was considered one of the more skilled people in the city's steel mill. In 1989, Meixi Iron and Steel Plant introduced the British short-process electric furnace to expand, and specially hired Xu Xiting from the city steel plant to preside over the project.
Xu Xiting was an engineer and had a soft personality. Even if he had a lot of skills, he would not get a chance to display them in a place like Meixi Steel Plant. To be honest, Xu Xiting was able to stay in Meixi Steel Plant without being kicked out because of his tenacity.
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